Word: drank
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long commute took a heavy toll in morale, according to the report. Tired fathers, worn out waiting for ferries, showed markedly less interest in home life, children, and sex. They often drank more. Their wives made comments like "He's not interested in our marriage any more" and "He's too tired to do anything but sleep." Senator John Marriott warned the federal Parliament of a "significant" increase in the use of tranquilizers on the eastern shore...
Still not fully aware of the danger, residents of the region went on with their daily routines. They ate vegetables from their gardens, drank milk from their cows, despite the fact that it tasted peculiar, and, in some cases, even cooked and ate the chickens that had been killed by the cloud. It was not until July 14, when some 14 children were hospitalized for burns and pains, and adults began complaining about liver and kidney problems, that the dimensions of the threat became clear...
...could find no evidence that any of the victims had been exposed to pigs, which have been implicated as the animal reservoir for the swine-flu virus. Nor could the disease detectives explain another apparent contradiction: why some people developed the disease, while others, who ate the same meals, drank the same drinks or shared their rooms during the convention, did not. "This is an amazing disease," said Dr. Robert Gens, director of Pennsylvania's bureau for adult health services. "People dying quickly of interstitial pneumonia is really amazing...
...cover story makes clear, man never really gets even with bugs. Reports Nairobi Correspondent Eric Robins: "I can certify that the mosquitoes are winning-at least in the Samburu game reserve in central Kenya. The mosquitoes drank my insect repellent for cocktails, then had me for hors d'oeuvres...
...appear on horseback at the head of his troop on the King's birthday. Then, on the fourth anniversary of the Boston Massacre, he publicly denounced the British with Ciceronian fervor: "Ye dark, designing knaves; ye murderers, parricides! How dare you tread upon the earth which has drank in the blood of slaughtered innocence...